Assignment

Using the textbook and the South University Online Library, write a 1500-word paper using APA standards that focuses on the following:

Interview two different individuals regarding their positions in society. Analyze their responses regarding:

1. Identify each person's class, race, and gender, supporting your work with the text and/or outside resources.

2. What role has class, race, and gender played in their lives? How do you see these stratifiers as playing a role, even if the interviewee is unaware of it?

3. Apply one of the sociological perspectives to the individuals' lives. Why did you choose this particular perspective? How does it explain each person's life and life choices?

4. What are some of the benefits and limitations to using interview as a research methodology?

5. Analyze each person's specific components of culture and relate them to his/her stratified position in society.